We had our municipal elections here last Saturday and I am bit frustrated. There were so many candidates for each position that it was a daunting task to get to know enough about them to make an intelligent decision. It is a fact that an incumbent has the best chance of re-election if for no other reason than name recognition. If we see the name in the news often enough, we think we know them and then we will vote for them as opposed to another person, who may be a better choice, but we do not even know the name. I am waiting for the day when party politics comes into play at the local level, like it does in the larger cities such as Vancouver and Richmond. We can then vote for a slate of candidates. If we do not know the contender, then we can at least know his politics.
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